Guest guest Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 Hi All, I've put my book "The Spiritual Seeker's Essential Guide to Sanskrit" onto my site as a PDF document available for download (721k). I wrote this book for people who were in the position I had been several years earlier of wanting to be able to 'read' the Devanagari script in Upanishads and the Gita and look up some of the words in a dictionary. It also seemed useful (it was an inevitable part of satisfying the first requirement anyway!) to be able to pronounce and write them correctly. It currently seems unlikely that my agent will ever find a publisher for this rather specialised book and it seems a pity that those few for whom I wrote it in the first place are unable to benefit from it. Also, of course, all the time I spent producing it would be wasted if it is never seen so it seems the right thing to do to make it available in this way. I have made it 'print only' with copying and editing prohibited and all pages marked with copyright to satisfy the contract with my agent. If they ever do find a publisher, I may well then be obliged to remove it! It provides a two-level introduction to the Sanskrit language. Level one introduces the transliterated (Anglicised) alphabets used by books and the Internet for reproducing Sanskrit. Level two teaches the Devanagari script used for the true language and describes the main rules for combining letters and words. Correct pronunciation and writing are explained. The shivasUtrANi are explained in passing and some of the rules from the laghu-siddhAnta-kaumudI but this should not put anyone off since the whole exposition is intended for a complete beginner. A number of examples from the Upanishads, Gita and Astavakra Gita are used to illustrate simple translation. There is a comprehensive glossary of the Sanskrit terms used and a second one containing commonly encountered spiritual words. Sunder Hattangadi on the Advaitin list provided considerable help in correcting the manuscript and making helpful suggestions so I believe it is all ok. (He will hopefully confirm that it is a useful aid for the beginner.) Thanks also to Ananda Wood for converting the MS Word document into PDF format. It is available at www.advaita.org.uk/sanskrit.htm. Best wishes, Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 advaitin, "Dennis Waite" <dwaite@a...> wrote: > I've put my book "The Spiritual Seeker's Essential Guide to Sanskrit" onto > my site as a PDF document available for download (721k). > Sunder Hattangadi on the Advaitin list provided considerable help in > correcting the manuscript and making helpful suggestions so I believe it is > all ok. (He will hopefully confirm that it is a useful aid for the > beginner.) Thanks also to Ananda Wood for converting the MS Word document > into PDF format. > > It is available at www.advaita.org.uk/sanskrit.htm. Namaste Dennisji, It is a pleasure to acknowledge Dennisji's 'Labor of Love' come to light in this forum, and his trusting me with the task of making a few helpful hints along the way. As the Gita assures us, no good deed ever goes to waste, and even if human beings ignore this work, Dennisji will be blessed for it, and more so by his sharing it with us all. On behalf of all readers, I wish him and all his works the widest success. I shall be happy to upload it to the Files section with his permission. Regards, Sunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 This is wonderful news. However, the PDF file would not load. I.e. the page never loaded onto my screen. Min Dennis Waite [dwaite] Friday, August 22, 2003 10:23 AM advaitin Introduction to Sanskrit Hi All, I've put my book "The Spiritual Seeker's Essential Guide to Sanskrit" onto my site as a PDF document available for download (721k). I wrote this book for people who were in the position I had been several years earlier of wanting to be able to 'read' the Devanagari script in Upanishads and the Gita and look up some of the words in a dictionary. It also seemed useful (it was an inevitable part of satisfying the first requirement anyway!) to be able to pronounce and write them correctly. It currently seems unlikely that my agent will ever find a publisher for this rather specialised book and it seems a pity that those few for whom I wrote it in the first place are unable to benefit from it. Also, of course, all the time I spent producing it would be wasted if it is never seen so it seems the right thing to do to make it available in this way. I have made it 'print only' with copying and editing prohibited and all pages marked with copyright to satisfy the contract with my agent. If they ever do find a publisher, I may well then be obliged to remove it! It provides a two-level introduction to the Sanskrit language. Level one introduces the transliterated (Anglicised) alphabets used by books and the Internet for reproducing Sanskrit. Level two teaches the Devanagari script used for the true language and describes the main rules for combining letters and words. Correct pronunciation and writing are explained. The shivasUtrANi are explained in passing and some of the rules from the laghu-siddhAnta-kaumudI but this should not put anyone off since the whole exposition is intended for a complete beginner. A number of examples from the Upanishads, Gita and Astavakra Gita are used to illustrate simple translation. There is a comprehensive glossary of the Sanskrit terms used and a second one containing commonly encountered spiritual words. Sunder Hattangadi on the Advaitin list provided considerable help in correcting the manuscript and making helpful suggestions so I believe it is all ok. (He will hopefully confirm that it is a useful aid for the beginner.) Thanks also to Ananda Wood for converting the MS Word document into PDF format. It is available at www.advaita.org.uk/sanskrit.htm. Best wishes, Dennis ------------------------ Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. Advaitin List Archives available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ To Post a message send an email to : advaitin Messages Archived at: advaitin/messages Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 http://freespace.virgin.net/dennis.waite/advaita/G uideToSanskrit.pdf Was that the address for the PDF? Min Dennis Waite [dwaite] Friday, August 22, 2003 10:23 AM advaitin Introduction to Sanskrit Hi All, I've put my book "The Spiritual Seeker's Essential Guide to Sanskrit" onto my site as a PDF document available for download (721k). I wrote this book for people who were in the position I had been several years earlier of wanting to be able to 'read' the Devanagari script in Upanishads and the Gita and look up some of the words in a dictionary. It also seemed useful (it was an inevitable part of satisfying the first requirement anyway!) to be able to pronounce and write them correctly. It currently seems unlikely that my agent will ever find a publisher for this rather specialised book and it seems a pity that those few for whom I wrote it in the first place are unable to benefit from it. Also, of course, all the time I spent producing it would be wasted if it is never seen so it seems the right thing to do to make it available in this way. I have made it 'print only' with copying and editing prohibited and all pages marked with copyright to satisfy the contract with my agent. If they ever do find a publisher, I may well then be obliged to remove it! It provides a two-level introduction to the Sanskrit language. Level one introduces the transliterated (Anglicised) alphabets used by books and the Internet for reproducing Sanskrit. Level two teaches the Devanagari script used for the true language and describes the main rules for combining letters and words. Correct pronunciation and writing are explained. The shivasUtrANi are explained in passing and some of the rules from the laghu-siddhAnta-kaumudI but this should not put anyone off since the whole exposition is intended for a complete beginner. A number of examples from the Upanishads, Gita and Astavakra Gita are used to illustrate simple translation. There is a comprehensive glossary of the Sanskrit terms used and a second one containing commonly encountered spiritual words. Sunder Hattangadi on the Advaitin list provided considerable help in correcting the manuscript and making helpful suggestions so I believe it is all ok. (He will hopefully confirm that it is a useful aid for the beginner.) Thanks also to Ananda Wood for converting the MS Word document into PDF format. It is available at www.advaita.org.uk/sanskrit.htm. Best wishes, Dennis ------------------------ Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. Advaitin List Archives available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ To Post a message send an email to : advaitin Messages Archived at: advaitin/messages Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 Dennisji, Many thanks for yur wonderful gift to advaitin, which will prove most useful for students like me. Namaste hari Om R.S.Mani Dennis Waite <dwaite wrote: Hi All, I've put my book "The Spiritual Seeker's Essential Guide to Sanskrit" onto my site as a PDF document available for download (721k). I wrote this book for people who were in the position I had been several years earlier of wanting to be able to 'read' the Devanagari script in Upanishads and the Gita and look up some of the words in a dictionary. It also seemed useful (it was an inevitable part of satisfying the first requirement anyway!) to be able to pronounce and write them correctly. It currently seems unlikely that my agent will ever find a publisher for this rather specialised book and it seems a pity that those few for whom I wrote it in the first place are unable to benefit from it. Also, of course, all the time I spent producing it would be wasted if it is never seen so it seems the right thing to do to make it available in this way. I have made it 'print only' with copying and editing prohibited and all pages marked with copyright to satisfy the contract with my agent. If they ever do find a publisher, I may well then be obliged to remove it! It provides a two-level introduction to the Sanskrit language. Level one introduces the transliterated (Anglicised) alphabets used by books and the Internet for reproducing Sanskrit. Level two teaches the Devanagari script used for the true language and describes the main rules for combining letters and words. Correct pronunciation and writing are explained. The shivasUtrANi are explained in passing and some of the rules from the laghu-siddhAnta-kaumudI but this should not put anyone off since the whole exposition is intended for a complete beginner. A number of examples from the Upanishads, Gita and Astavakra Gita are used to illustrate simple translation. There is a comprehensive glossary of the Sanskrit terms used and a second one containing commonly encountered spiritual words. Sunder Hattangadi on the Advaitin list provided considerable help in correcting the manuscript and making helpful suggestions so I believe it is all ok. (He will hopefully confirm that it is a useful aid for the beginner.) Thanks also to Ananda Wood for converting the MS Word document into PDF format. It is available at www.advaita.org.uk/sanskrit.htm. Best wishes, Dennis Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. Advaitin List Archives available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ To Post a message send an email to : advaitin Messages Archived at: advaitin/messages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 To clarify: link to the page www.advaita.org.uk/sanskrit.htm and half-way down the page you will find details about the document. Click on the link 'The Spiritual Seeker's Essential Guide to Sanskrit' to view the document on-line but in order to do this your browser has to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in. Alternatively, you download the file by right clicking on the link and saving to your hard drive. You can get the (free) reader from the Adobe site - http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. I don't recall how you enable on-line browsing. With Internet Explorer, it may be that you tick 'Enable third-party browser extensions (requires restart)' in 'Tools, Internet Options, Advanced' menu. Best wishes, Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 This is really nice, Dennis. Many thanks. Can't believe you could not find a publisher. Best wishes, Min Dennis Waite [dwaite] Sunday, August 24, 2003 10:03 AM advaitin RE: Introduction to Sanskrit To clarify: link to the page www.advaita.org.uk/sanskrit.htm and half-way down the page you will find details about the document. Click on the link 'The Spiritual Seeker's Essential Guide to Sanskrit' to view the document on-line but in order to do this your browser has to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in. Alternatively, you download the file by right clicking on the link and saving to your hard drive. You can get the (free) reader from the Adobe site - http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.ht ml. I don't recall how you enable on-line browsing. With Internet Explorer, it may be that you tick 'Enable third-party browser extensions (requires restart)' in 'Tools, Internet Options, Advanced' menu. Best wishes, Dennis ------------------------ Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. Advaitin List Archives available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ To Post a message send an email to : advaitin Messages Archived at: advaitin/messages Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 Namaste Dennisji, I just saw your site and also the Essential Guide to Sanskrit for Spiritual seekers. My humble praNAms and Congratulations for a fantastic work done. It is going to be useful as long as man lives on this Earth. With regards and praNAms to all advaitins. profvk ===== Prof. V. Krishnamurthy My website on Science and Spirituality is http://www.geocities.com/profvk/ You can access my book on Gems from the Ocean of Hindu Thought Vision and Practice, and my father R. Visvanatha Sastri's manuscripts from the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sreerukmanidevi Posted September 4, 2010 Report Share Posted September 4, 2010 Hi, I am not able to view the document in the link specified. Can somebody please help with the document? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothman Posted September 30, 2010 Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 hello admins.. plz move this thread to Sanskrit forum..thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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